Our food culture has changed a lot in the past and is still changing. The factors that used to influence what food we ate are still there: television, friends, family, magazines… However, there is a new factor that has an enormous impact on what we eat: social media. Because of social media we are more demanding on what our food should look like, how it should be served… But the most important thing that social media have changed is the fact that everything needs to be healthy. Social media make us think that if something is not healthy we are ought not to eat it. The ‘health-vibe’ is everything nowadays. You cannot go on Instagram without seeing the healthy lifestyle being promoted. And of course this influences a lot of people. Our food culture is very low-fat, vegan, vegetarian… Which of course is not a bad thing. But if you are caught eating fast-food it is often frowned upon. Another thing that social media changed in our food culture is that it should not only taste good, but it has to look good. Why even go out and have a meal if I doesn’t look pretty on your social media? This is a new problem that we did not have ten years ago. Social media has changed the way we think about food. Social media has changed our food culture.

- Margot Coenen

Dear bloggers,

I want to give you some tips about your blog. Your blog is not so attractive (especially the background), I would use more color. That will make a big difference. More people will read the blog because the design of the blog looks good. Maybe you can post also more pictures that will be more funny to look at it. I would also use a larger font that makes it more enjoyable to read. Those are the aspects that me disturb the most. What I like about this blog, is the writing style. For example you mention not : Did you know? but you use another word/sentence choice and that is orginal. Hopefully, you getting started with my tips and tricks.

11-02-2017 om 16:27 geschreven door Chloë Vandenhoudt

Dear Margot,

I'm kind of disappointed. What a boring page is this? You have a header, a sidebar and comment options. But no 'about' page, no footer and zero pictures. The style is really making me sad, grey is a sad colour. 

10-02-2017 om 11:05 geschreven door Jana Goethuys